Pat had an office job with the US government with high pay, but he didn't like city life and spending all day inside.

帕特在美国政府有一份高薪的办公室工作，但他不喜欢城市生活，也不喜欢整天呆在室内。

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The SOEs pay high salaries and bonuses to their executives and employees, which means less money for the government and shareholders.

国企为他们的主管和雇员支付了更高的薪酬和津贴，这意味着国家和股东的份额少了。

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Fiscal laxity tends to fatten the government wage bill, setting a high benchmark for private pay deals that can cripple competitiveness.

财政松弛易于引发公务员薪酬膨胀，导致私人部门支付标准过高，从而挫伤竞争力。

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Republicans oppose a proposed surtax on high wage earnings to pay for the new system, and assert that plan amounts to a government takeover of health care that would be far more expensive than Democrats and the president project.

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